Plant Science

Virtual Issue - Biofuels

Virtual Issue - Biofuels


Next Generation Biofuels: Rewards, Challenges and Impact

Wiley-Blackwell is pleased to present this collection of free articles and sample chapters which explore biofuels, and the challenges and implications associated with the World's quest for sustainable energy.

 Annals of Applied Biology

Biofuels - for better or worse?
Walker D. A. 

Biofuels and other approaches for decreasing fossil fuel emissions from agriculture
Powlson DS; Riche AB; Shield I

 Annals of Applied Biology

Biofuels, Bioproducts, Biorefining

The bioenergy and water nexus
Shabbir H. Gheewala, Göran Berndes and Graham Jewitt 

Advancements in solid acid catalysts for ecofriendly and economically viable synthesis of biodiesel
Yogesh C. Sharma, Bhaskar Singh and John Korstad

 Biofuels, Bioproducts, Biorefining

Biotechnology & Bioengineering

Microalgae for oil: Strain selection, induction of lipid synthesis and outdoor mass cultivation in a low-cost photobioreactor
Liliana Rodolfi, Graziella Chini Zittelli, Niccolò Bassi, et al 

Revival of the biological sunlight-to-biogas energy conversion system
Liesje De Schamphelaire, Willy Verstraete

 Biotechnology and Bioengineering

Biotechnology Journal 

Biomass deconstruction to sugars
Dr. Harvey W. Blanch, Blake A. Simmons, Daniel Klein-Marcuschamer

Prospects for microbial biodiesel production
Shuobo Shi, Juan Octavio Valle-Rodríguez, Verena Siewers, et al

 Biotechnology Journal

Biotechnology Progress

An economic comparison of different fermentation configurations to convert corn stover to ethanol using Z. mobilis and Saccharomyces
Dutta A, Dowe N, Ibsen KN, et al

Fast enzymatic saccharification of switchgrass after pretreatment with ionic liquids
Zhao H, Baker GA, Cowins JV

 Biotechnology Progress

CLEAN – Soil, Air, Water

Controlling NOx Emission of Crude Rice Bran Oil Blend for Sustainable Environment
Subramani Saravanan, Govindan Nagarajan, Radhakrishnan Ramanujam, et al

 CLEAN - Soil, Air, Water

Ecology Letters

Ecosystem services altered by human changes in the nitrogen cycle: a new perspective for US decision making
Jana E. Compton, John A. Harrison, Robin L. Dennis, et al 

 Ecology Letters

Engineering in Life Sciences

One-step production of biocommodities from lignocellulosic biomass by recombinant cellulolytic Bacillus subtilis: Opportunities and challenges
Xiao-Zhou Zhang, Yi-Heng P. Zhang

Bioethanol and biodiesel: Alternative liquid fuels for future generations
Ganapathy Sivakumar, Daniel R. Vail, Jianfeng Xu, et al

 Engineering in Life Sciences

Environmental Microbiology

Is the hope for a cellulosic biofuel a lot of rot?
Jana U'Ren

Microbes and biofuels
Lawrence P. Wackett

 Environmental Microbiology

FEMS Microbiology Ecology

Impact of trace element addition on biogas production from food industrial waste – linking process to microbial communities
Xin Mei Feng, Anna Karlsson, Bo H. Svensson, et al

 FEMS Microbiology Ecology

Global Change Biology

Terrestrial and aquatic responses to climate change and human impact on the southeastern Tibetan Plateau during the past two centuries
Juliane Wischnewski, Annette Kramer, Zhaochen Kong, et al

 Global Change Biology

Global Change Biology Bioenergy

China's bioenergy potential
 Tao Sang, Weixing Zhu Xin Mei Feng, Anna Karlsson, et al

 Global Change Biology Bioenergy

Greenhouse Gases

Impact of resource-conserving technologies on productivity and greenhouse gas emissions in the rice-wheat system
Himanshu Pathak, Yash S. Saharawat, and Mahesh Gathala 

CO2-based energy vectors for the storage of solar energy
Gabriele Centi and Siglinda Perathoner

 Green House Gases

Journal of Agronomy and Crop Science

Plant Emergence of PEG-osmoprimed Seeds under Suboptimal Temperatures in Two Cultivars of Sweet Sorghum Differing in Seed Tannin Content
C. Patanè, V. Cavallaro, G. D’Agosta, et al

 Journal of Agronomy and Crop Science

Journal of Chemical Technology and Biotechnology

Spherical microporous/mesoporous activated carbon from pulping black liquor
Jian Zhang et al 

The role of butanol in the development of sustainable fuel technologies
Benjamin G. Harvey and Heather A. Meylemans

 Journal of Chemical Technology and Biology

Journal of Integrative Plant Biology

Transgenic Crops: An Option for Future Agriculture
Wei-Cai Yang and Jianmin Wan

Bioenergy Plants: Hopes, Concerns and Prospectives
Martin A.J. Parry and Hai-Chun Jing

 Journal of Integrative Plant Biology

Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture

Lighting the way to willow biomass production
Jennifer Cunniff, and Marianna Cerasuolo 

Algal biorefinery-based industry: an approach to address fuel and food insecurity for a carbon-smart world
Bobban Subhadra and Grinson-George

 Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture

Microbial Biotechnology

Microbial-based motor fuels: science and technology
Lawrence P. Wackett

Genomics of microalgae, fuel for the future?
Rob J. W. Brooijmans and Roland J. Siezen

 Microbial Biotechnology

Pest Management Science

Climate change: a crop protection challenge for the twenty-first century
David I Gustafson 

Effects of disease control by fungicides on greenhouse gas emissions by UK arable crop production
David J Hughes, Jonathan S West, Simon D Atkins and Peter Gladders

 Pest Management Science

Plant Biotechnology Journal

Engineering photosynthetic light capture: impacts on improved solar energy to biomass conversion
Mussgnug Jan H., Thomas-Hall Skye, Rupprecht Jens, et al

Chloroplast Biotechnology
Henry Daniell and Keith J. Edwards

 Plant Biotechnology Journal

Plant, Cell & Environment

Next generation of elevated [CO2] experiments with crops: a critical investment for feeding the future world
Elizabeth A. Ainsworth et al

Accelerating yield potential in soybean: potential targets for biotechnological improvement
Elizabeth A. Ainsworth, Craig R. Yendrek, Jeffrey A. Skoneczka, et al

 Plant, Cell and Environment
  
  

 

 Crop Adaptation to Climate Change Plant Biomass Conversion Handbook of Marine Macroalgae

Crop Adaptation to Climate Change

Shyam Singh Yadav, Robert Redden, Jerry L. Hatfield, et all
ISBN: 978-0-8138-2016-3
Hardcover 632 pages
October 2011
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Plant Biomass Conversion

Elizabeth E. Hood, Peter Nelson, Randall Powell
ISBN: 978-0-8138-1694-4
Hardcover 376 pages
March 2011 
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Handbook of Marine Macroalgae:
Biotechnology and Applied Phycology

Se-Kwon Kim
ISBN: 978-0-470-97918-1
Hardcover 592 pages
November 2011
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 Environmental Biotechnology Global Environmental Issues The Warming Papers

Environmental Biotechnology:
Theory and Application,
2nd Edition

Gareth G. Evans, Judy Furlong
ISBN: 978-0-470-68418-4
Hardcover/Paperback 290 pages
December 2010
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Global Environmental Issues
2nd Edition

Frances Harris
ISBN: 978-0-470-68470-2
Hardcover/Paperback 344 pages
December 2011

 The Warming Papers 

David Archer, Ray Pierrehumber
 ISBN: 978-1-4051-9616-1
Paperback 432 pages
December 2010 1
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 Biofuels from Agricultural Wastes and Byproducts Sustainable Development in Practice Oil Panic and the Global Crisis

 Biofuels from Agricultural Wastes and Byproducts

Hans P. Blaschek, Thaddeus Ezeji,
Jürgen Scheffran

ISBN: 978-0-8138-0252-7
Hardcover 276 pages
September 2010
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 Sustainable Development in Practice:
Case Studies for Engineers and Scientists,
2nd Edition

Adisa Azapagic (Editor),
Slobodan Perdan (Co-Editor)
ISBN: 978-0-470-71871-1
Hardcover 536 pages
March 2011
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 Oil Panic and the Global Crisis:
Predictions and Myths

Steven M. Gorelick
ISBN: 978-1-4051-9548-5
Hardcover 256 pages
December 2009
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